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WSH - Create Groups

Introduction - Creating Global Groups with WSH

The purpose of this script is to create a new Global group. My example uses an OU called BulkImport, a domain called CP.com and a Global group called Managers. Do change these variables to names in your Active Directory.

WSH Topics

Create the Global Group
Set the Object
Instructions
Error Messages

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Create the Global Group

To prevent the Global group being created in the Users container we specify the OU. This is taken care of by this line:
Set oOU=oDomain.Create("organizationalUnit", "ou=BulkImport")

Note: The syntax is OU=BulkImport (Not CN=BulkImport or CN = ~~Users~~)

Note: The script does not create the OU BulkImport, either make it manually or change the script to an OU that does exist. (However there instructions in the WSH Create User if you want to create an OU.)

Set the Group Object

Note: You must change dc=CP to dc=xxxxxxx where xxxxxxx is your domain name. Also check whether or not your domain has a com extension. If it does not, and is just a plain domain, remove the element dc=com

Instructions

Copy the entire Script in the green box below.
Paste it into notepad.exe.
File (menu), Save as Managers.vbs. Note: This is where people go wrong, remember the .vbs extension.
Double click Managers.vbs
Go to Active Directory Users and Computers OU BulkImport, Press F5.

'Script to Create a Global Group in an OU called BulkImport
'Script created by Guy Thomas
'Feel free to adapt names

Set objOU = GetObject("LDAP://OU=BulkImport, dc=CP, dc=com")
Set objGroup = objOU.Create("Group", "CN=Managers")

objGroup.Put "sAMAccountName", "Managers"

objGroup.SetInfo

WScript.Echo "Congratulations, Global Group Managers created & Chr(13) Remember to Press F5"

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